> In the installation section on the Galois package it says to untar
> galdata.tgz in the datadir directory which was chosen at configure
> time. I don't know what that was: is there a way to find out? For
> example, is there a file or combination of files living there that lives
> nowhere else, which I could find using "locate"?
When you run ./Configure you get a long message. Near the end of
that message you will find the location where the galdata files should
be placed. For my linux box (with default settings) it is
/usr/local/lib/pari
Best, Siman Wong